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Beach Hazards Statement 5, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 24, 2020, 9:45 AM EDT for Ashtabula County, Lake County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Jun 24, 2020, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 24, 2020, 9:45 AM EDT (13:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 24, 2020, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2020, 7:09 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Lake County, OH, Erie County, PA
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 174 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1573 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
292 WHUS41 KCLE 241345 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 945 AM EDT Wed Jun 24 2020 OHZ012-089-PAZ001-242145- /O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-200625T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0005.200624T1400Z-200625T0000Z/ Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 945 AM EDT Wed Jun 24 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...High risk for rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. In Ohio, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$ OHZ010-011-241445- /O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-200624T1400Z/ Lorain-Cuyahoga- 945 AM EDT Wed Jun 24 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... High risk for rip currents is no longer expected. A moderate swim risk remains for beaches in Cuyahoga County. Please check with your local authorities on potential beach closures. $$
2 follow-up statements
741 WHUS41 KCLE 241957 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 357 PM EDT Wed Jun 24 2020 OHZ012-089-242100- /O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-200625T0000Z/ Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore- 357 PM EDT Wed Jun 24 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... High risk for rip currents is no longer expected. $$ PAZ001-250000- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-200625T0000Z/ Northern Erie- 357 PM EDT Wed Jun 24 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...High risk for rip currents expected. * WHERE...Northern Erie County. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
938 WHUS41 KCLE 242309 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 709 PM EDT Wed Jun 24 2020 PAZ001-250015- /O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-200625T0000Z/ Northern Erie- 709 PM EDT Wed Jun 24 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... Winds have diminished on Lake Erie reducing the risk for rip currents for the rest of this evening into tonight. Therefore, the Beach Hazards Statement has been cancelled. There is still a moderate risk for rip currents and swimmers are still encouraged to remain out of the water to avoid being swept away by the water currents. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 9:44 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 9 hr |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in Ohio, 2020Beach Hazards Statements in Pennsylvania, 2020Every beach hazards statement in 2020
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.